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Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act

Legislation is now pending before Congress known as the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act, the purpose of which is to require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48 hour hospital stay for patients undergoing mastectomies. It addresses situations in which some insurance companies have previously encouraged the dubious practice of "drive-through mastectomy procedures" where women are forced to go home only hours after surgery, often against the wishes of their doctors, still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.

Call to Action

The Lifetime Television Network has put information about this bill on their web site along with an opportunity for you join their petition drive and show your support for this measure.

After reviewing the information at the following web site, we would encourage you to sign their petition and join in helping women living with breast cancer get the care they need and deserve.

Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Little known to the majority of us is the fact that Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive, fastest-growing form of breast cancer. It has a faster doubling time than most other breast cancers. Further complicating the issue is the fact that the initial appearances of IBC are often very misleading.

Please consider visiting some of the informative links on this vital topic that we've provided on the left side of this page.

Courtesy of The Mayo Clinic, here is a partial list of some of the signs and symptoms of Inflammatory Breast Cancer:

• A breast that appears red, purple, pink or bruised
• A tender, firm and enlarged breast
• A warm feeling in the breast
• Itching of the breast
• Pain
• Ridged or dimpled skin texture, similar to an orange peel
• Thickened areas of skin
• Enlarged lymph nodes under the arm, above the collarbone or below the collarbone
• Flattening or retraction of the nipple
• Swollen or crusted skin on the nipple
• Change in color of the skin around the nipple (areola)

It's easy to confuse the signs and symptoms of Inflammatory Breast Cancer with those of a breast infection (mastitis). Breast infections occur most often in younger women who are breast-feeding. Breast infections cause a fever, and they're easily treated with antibiotics. On the contrary, inflammatory breast cancer doesn't typically cause a fever, nor does it respond to antibiotics.

Always consult a qualified health professional as soon as you observe symptoms similar to any of those listed above.

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